"Our veterinarians will take a look to determine if there was any kind of disease, if he was maybe starving, or if it just so happens that as young cat, he was still learning his hunting instincts and unfortunately the trail runner was kind of in the right place at the right time to trigger those instincts," she said. Rebecca Ferrel with CPW said veterinarians will look at the cat's body for answers. The juvenile lion was taken to an animal health lab for a necropsy, where officials determined that the animal had indeed been suffocated. Wildlife officers returned to the area and found the animal's body "within feet of several possessions that the victim asked the officers to look for on the trail," according to CPW. He told authorities about the attack, saying he had suffocated the cat. His injuries were described as serious but not life-threatening. "In the event of a lion attack you need to do anything in your power to fight back just as this gentleman did."Īfter the attack, the runner was able to hike out to safety and drove himself to a hospital, CPW said. “The runner did everything he could to save his life," said Mark Leslie, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region manager. Wildlife officials said he also had puncture wounds to his arms, legs and back. The victim, whose name has not been released, suffered facial lacerations, wrist injuries and scratches from the attack. On Tuesday morning after an examination of the lion, CPW said the runner suffocated the animal while defending himself. But the man was able to fight and break free from the lion, according to CPW. The lion lunged at the runner, biting his face and wrist. The man said he heard something behind him on the trail and was attacked as he turned to investigate. A man running on West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Park killed an attacking juvenile mountain lion by suffocating it Monday afternoon, according to a release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
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